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The Work of Ambroise Tardieu: The First Definitive Description of Child Abuse

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Title: The Work of Ambroise Tardieu: The First Definitive Description of Child Abuse
Authors: Roche, A.J, Fortin, G., Labbe, J.
Source: Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal. Apr 2005 29(4):325-334.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 10
Publication Date: 2005
Document Type: Journal Articles
Descriptors: Child Abuse
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2004.04.007
ISSN: 0145-2134
Abstract: The first important monograph describing the battered child syndrome was written in 1860 by Ambroise Tardieu, a French forensic physician. Here is a translation of his article, published in the Annales d'hygiene publique et de medecine legale, with the title ''Etude medico-legale sur les sevices et mauvais traitements exerces sur des enfants.'' The first part of his article is entirely translated. A brief summary of the 32 cases report described by Tardieu in the second part of his article is presented.
Abstractor: Author
Entry Date: 2005
Accession Number: EJ698118
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The first important monograph describing the battered child syndrome was written in 1860 by Ambroise Tardieu, a French forensic physician. Here is a translation of his article, published in the Annales d'hygiene publique et de medecine legale, with the title ''Etude medico-legale sur les sevices et mauvais traitements exerces sur des enfants.'' The first part of his article is entirely translated. A brief summary of the 32 cases report described by Tardieu in the second part of his article is presented.
ISSN:0145-2134
DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2004.04.007